Chapter 147: Xuanniao Burning Camp
The fire that raged up on the city walls even lit the ladders that hung on top of the walls!
One after another, the rebel soldiers jumped down from the city wall in a panic, jumped into the city and fell to their deaths, and jumped to the city to the city to be stunned, and the two trembling rebel soldiers retreated more than ten steps together, looking at the rebel soldiers on the city wall wailing!
There wasn't much fire oil poured on the city wall, but as if Long Xuan had put a lot of broken linen and wood on it, the fire that raged on the city head burned for nearly a quarter of an hour before it slowly went out!
A pungent smell of burnt barbecue mixed with a rich smell of blood filled the air! It's disgusting!
The fire seemed to burn the entire city wall red!
This fire placed on the city wall caused nearly 10,000 rebel soldiers who Xiang Liang climbed to the top of the city to die in the fire! Even if he wasn't burned to death, he jumped off the wall and fell to his death when he was in a panic!
The entire battlefield was also plunged into an eerie silence because of this fire!
"General, Mingjin collects the troops, wait and fight again!" Zhang Liang was silent for a long time and spoke!
Before Xiang Liang could speak, there was a sudden commotion from the rear camp of the Chinese army, and when he looked back, a thick smoke accompanied by a sky-high fire rose from the rear camp!
"Pull on fire, pull on fire!"
A faint shout accompanied by a shout of killing came from afar!
Xiang Liang's complexion changed suddenly, "General, look! Zhang Liang's words suddenly sounded in his ears! Xiang Liang turned around and saw that there were also raging fires and billowing smoke in the eastern, western, and northern camps at the same moment!
"Mingjin retreats!" Xiang Liang shouted! "It's Qin Jun's meticulous work! I didn't expect them to follow this Chengwu all the way! Xiang Liang said with a look of annoyance when he saw the flames burning in the camp of the four directions!
When Chen County, the raid of the Xuanniao Army made Xiang Liang always guard against the two thousand people of Black Iron!
The granaries in several county towns were burned down, and then with just more than 500 people, they dared to raid the granaries guarded by their heavy army, and they also succeeded in burning some of them, making Xiang Liang hate these seemingly elusive Qin troops to the core!
If it weren't for the successful transfer of a large amount of grain and grass from Shouchun and other places, I am afraid that he would soon fall into a situation of no grain!
Immediately after that, Chen Liucang in Chenliu County was successfully burned by the Qin army, and nearly half of the grain and grass were successfully burned by the Qin army, if it weren't for the fact that Xiang Bo led enough soldiers at that time and rescued in time, I am afraid that the entire grain and grass in Chen Liucang would be destroyed by these Qin army!
But since the first battle of Chen Liu, the Qin army, which lost more than two hundred fine works again, has never appeared again, and it seems that they all died in the first battle of Chen Liu! But Xiang Liang never dared to believe that these Qin army works were all dead!
Immediately afterwards, several assassinations against leading generals occurred in Suiyang, which once again confirmed Xiang Liang's speculation!
Therefore, this time when he led the army north from Suiyang, Xiang Liang did not levy a large number of people as he used to lead the troops to fight, but chose the fierce Baiyue barbarians to escort and transport the grain and grass needed by the army! The reason why he did this was to prevent these Qin soldiers from mixing into the people who transported grain and grass, and then they should take the opportunity to burn the grain and grass baggage!
As a result, all the way from Suiyang to Chengwu, there was not a single attack from the Qin army on the way, which made Xiang Liang gradually relax his vigilance against these Qin army's fine works!
It's just that he didn't expect that these haunting Qin army not only did not give up, but also followed him all the way to Chengwu, and launched an attack on the big camp today when his whole army was exhausted and his attention was on the siege!
Xiang Liang is not worried about the fire in the three camps in the east, west and north, except for the camp tents, there is no food and grass in the three camps! I hope that the grain and grass will not be burned, Xiang Liang secretly prayed in his heart!
The raging fire in the camp of the Chinese army and the camp of the three parties suddenly made the rebel soldiers besieging the city a little confused, but fortunately, at this time, Xiang Liang's sound of collecting troops sounded in time, and the rebel soldiers who poured out of the nest retreated one after another!
The fire that suddenly ignited in Xiang Liang's camp was quickly reported to Hu Hai by Long Weiyu!
Hu Hai thought about it slightly, and knew that this must be the work of the Black Iron Xuanniao Army!
But to be honest, Hu Hai is a little disappointed in the Xuanniao Army now! Since the Xuanniao Army was able to follow Xiang Liang all the way to Chengwu, why did Xiang Yu's army of 60,000 people disappear without receiving any news?
And he had clearly ordered Hei Tie to delay Xiang Liang's army all the way north, but it seems that Hei Tie didn't do it either, otherwise Xiang Liang wouldn't have arrived at Chengwu in just over two days!
However, Hu Hai also knew that the Xuanniao Army, as a pilot of the Great Qin Special Forces, naturally still had a long way to go! Moreover, Xiang Yu's army obviously used some method to hide from the Xuanniao Army!
However, the timing of the Xuanniao Army's action today Hu Hai thinks it is very good!
The one who burned Xiang Liang's camp was indeed the Xuanniao Army under the command of Black Iron, who followed Xiang Liang all the way north!
Now, there are only more than 1,300 Xuanniao troops left to go south!
However, in the past month or so, the Xuanniao Army, which has more than 1,300 people, has gradually gained the demeanor of a special forces! Although there is still a long way to go to achieve the kind of effect that Hu Hai wants!
When he received the edict from Hu Hai through Long Wei again, the Black Iron and the Xuanniao Army were suddenly panicked! You must know that you and the others are staring at Xiang Liang's army every day, and as a result, Xiang Yu led an army of 60,000 all the way north to successfully ambush the emperor who passed by Chengwu, which is a dereliction of duty by the Xuanniao Army! And it is an extremely serious dereliction of duty!
Along the way, the Xuanniao Army was full of voices! After all, the edict from the emperor was very clear, that is, to ask them to delay the speed of Xiang Liang's army going north as much as possible! Since he has been derelict in his duty and let the emperor fall into Xiang Yu's ambush, if he can't even complete the emperor's very clear order, then the Xuanniao Army won't exist for long after the war!
Hei Tie ignored all these invitations to fight, and followed Xiang Liang's army far away to this Chengwu City!
When Xiang Liang's numerous catapults ravaged Chengwu City, the Xuanniao Army was even more excited, and they were still pressed down by black iron!
Hei Tie knew very well that his more than 1,000 people faced Xiang Liang's hundreds of thousands of troops, if they were exposed at this time, not only would they not play the role they should have, but they would even completely bury the entire Xuanniao Army!
He always remembered the emperor's words, the Xuanniao Army should hide in the shadows like poisonous snakes, and then give the enemy a fatal blow! Instead of messing up like the Xuanniao soldiers thought, they went to send their lives with a small and broad one!
After all, although it is impossible for the elite of more than 1,000 people to defeat Xiang Liang's hundreds of thousands of troops head-on, if it is used well, it can often play an unexpected role!
What's more, Heitie felt that the emperor must have a big plan, otherwise he wouldn't have stopped in Chengwu County! From the combat power of the Xuanwu Army, I knew that if the emperor wanted to leave, with Xiang Yu's 60,000 Baiyue barbarians, he would definitely not be able to stop it!
It was in this situation that Hei Tie felt that he had to endure it to the end, and then give Xiang Liang a ruthless blow!
However, the catapult offensive of Xiang Liang's army made Hei Tie feel the danger, not his own danger, but the emperor's danger! If Xiang Liang continues to use the catapult to get it like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before Chengwu City will be broken!
After all, the heavy armored cavalry of the Xuanwu Army can make a surprise attack, and I am afraid that if I come a second time, I will never be able to destroy all the catapults in one fell swoop like the first time!
Therefore, Heitie finally moved when Xiang Liang's whole army was exhausted!
Of course, his main goal was not to burn the camp, nor to burn the grain and grass! The grain and grass in Xiang Liang's Chinese army camp has always been heavily defended and heavily guarded since Chen County was attacked!
Black Iron's target this time was only a large amount of timber cut from the mountains in Xiang Liang's army!
After burning the wood, if Xiang Liang wants to make trebuchets in large quantities, he will have to start all over again, so that the time spent on talking will be more than a little bit!
You must know that now the big trees within a few miles of Chengwu have been cut down by Xiang Liang! If Xiang Liang didn't have this batch of wood, then whether he was making trebuchets or siege equipment, he would need to cut it down on the Mengshan Mountain, which was more than 20 miles away from Chengwu!
And if there is no annoying thing such as trebuchet, Xiang Liang wants to rely on crowd tactics to take Chengwu City, I am afraid it will no longer be so easy!
The operation was very smooth, the camp in the east, west and north was empty at this time, and the wood inside was easily burned by the fire oil carried by the Xuanyao Army, and burning the camp tent was just an action attached to the Xuanyao Army's soldiers!
In the camp of Xiang Liang's army, in addition to the strict security of grain and grass, there is not much defense against these woods that can be seen everywhere, so the large amount of wood stored in Xiang Liang's camp was not discovered by the surrounding soldiers until the flames were spreading!
After all, at this time, all people's minds were on the fire on Chengwu City!
After setting the fire, all the Xuanwu soldiers withdrew from Xiang Liang's camp unscathed and hid again!
Hearing that the grain and grass had not been burned, Xiang Liang's heart that had been carrying it finally let go!
"General! It seems that there are masters in this Qin army's fine work! Zhang Liang sighed on the side and said worriedly!
"Oh? Where does the ovary come from? If there are masters in this fine work, they should burn the grain and grass while we are relaxing, but this Qin army's fine work is to burn some useless wood and other things! You know, this wood is now everywhere in the mountains! Ha ha! "The grain and grass are not burned, Xiang Liang is in a good mood!
"The general's words are wrong!" Zhang Liang said helplessly!
"Why? Ovary but it doesn't hurt to talk about it! Xiang Liang said in surprise!
"Our army's grain and grass are heavily guarded, even if these fine works can be set on fire, I am afraid that they will be discovered and extinguished by the army immediately! And this wood is good and negligent! Now that all the trees in the vicinity of our army have been cut down, and now all the timber stored in the camp has been burned, and if our army wants to make catapults and siege equipment again, it will have to go to the Mengshan Mountain, which is more than 20 miles away, to cut down! What do you know about the general? Zhang Liang sighed!
(To be continued)